h prepared for them a
city.'

"On this slip of paper he had written:--

"'Bury me in the sea; it has been my home, and I love it. But will
not some one set up a stone for my memory at Fort Adams or at
Orleans, that my disgrace may not be more than I ought to bear? Say
on it:--

"'_In Memory of_

"'PHILIP NOLAN,

"'_Lieutenant in the Army of the United States._

"'He loved his country as no other man has loved her; but no
man deserved less at her hands.'"

THE LAST OF THE FLORIDA.

FROM THE INGHAM PAPERS.

[The Florida, Anglo-Rebel pirate, after inflicting horrible
injuries on the commerce of America and the good name of England,
was cut out by Captain Collins, from the bay of Bahia, by one of
those fortunate mistakes in international law which endear brave
men to the nations in whose interest they are committed. When she
arrived here the government was obliged to disavow the act. The
question then was, as we had her by mistake, what we should do with
her. At that moment the National Sailors' Fair was in full blast at
Boston, and I offered my suggestion in answer in the following
article, which was published November 19, 1864, in the "Boatswain's
Whistle," a little paper issued at the fair.

The government did not take the suggestion. Very unfortunately,
before the Florida was got ready for sea, she was accidentally sunk
in a collision with a tug off Fort Monroe, and the heirs of the
Confederate government or the English bond-holders must look there
for her, if the Brazilian government will give them permission.

For the benefit of the New York Observer I will state that a
despatch sent round the world in a spiral direction westward 1,200
times, would not really arrive at its destination four years before
it started. It is only a joke which suggests it.]

SPECIAL DESPATCH.

LETTER FROM CAPTAIN INGHAM, IN COMMAND OF THE FLORIDA.

[Received four years in advance of the mail by a lightning express,
which has gained that time by running round the world 1,200 times
in a spiral direction westward on its way from Brazil to our
publication-office. Mrs. Ingham's address not being known, the
letter is printed for her information.]

No. 29.